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Emma Bates Logged Her Labor on Strava
The American marathoner recorded 20 hours and 37 minutes of induced labor, covering only 0.26 miles, before her baby, Warren, was born on her 34th birthday.
Elite Runners
2026 New York City Marathon Elite Field: Weini Kelati
The American half-marathon record holder, eighth in the Olympic 10,000m final in Paris, runs her first marathon in New York on Nov. 1.
Elite Runners
2026 New York City Marathon Elite Field: Andreas Almgren
The Swede won the world half-marathon title in a European record 58:06 six weeks before New York. He has never run a marathon, and he is going there to win.
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Mark Kiptoo Breaks the Over-50 Marathon World Record in Frankfurt
The 50-year-old Kenyan ran 2:15:24 in the rain on Sunday, more than four minutes faster than the mark Titus Mamabolo set in Durban in 1991.
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2026 New York City Marathon Elite Field: Benson Kipruto
The 2021 Boston, 2022 Chicago and 2024 Tokyo champion won New York by 0.03 seconds last year and comes back with the fastest personal best in Sunday’s men’s field.
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Is Harry Styles Running the New York City Marathon?
Harry Styles plays the last of his 30 Madison Square Garden shows the night before the race, and the evidence makes a compelling case for him toeing the line on Sunday.
Jessy Carveth
Out of the Woods and Into the Streets: How the 1976 NYC Marathon Reinvented Running
It was new, it was daunting, it dared to go where others hadn’t. And it was a smashing success.
Running Features
2026 New York City Marathon Elite Field: Hellen Obiri
The defending champion set the course record of 2:19:51 last year and returns with the fastest personal best in the women’s field, 2:15:53 from London in April.
Elite Runners
New York City Marathon Pace Calculator: Your Mile-by-Mile Race Plan
An interactive pace plan for every mile of the New York City Marathon, built by mapping every bridge, turn and climb on the course, calibrated against the mile-by-mile splits of 55,048 finishers of the 2025 race, and adjusted for race-day weather.
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